2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represents Baylor University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears are led by fourth-year head coach Nicki Collen and play their home games at Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. The Baylor Bears are competing as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 18
Record	28–8 (15–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Nicki Collen (4th season)
Associate head coach	Tony Greene
Assistant coaches	Tari Cummings Sadie Edwards
Home arena	Foster Pavilion
Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 TCU †	16	–	2		.889			34	–	4		.895
No. 14 Baylor	15	–	3		.833			28	–	8		.778
No. 17 Oklahoma State	14	–	4		.778			25	–	7		.781
No. 16 West Virginia	13	–	5		.722			25	–	8		.758
No. 19 Kansas State	13	–	5		.722			28	–	8		.778
Utah	13	–	5		.722			22	–	9		.710
Iowa State	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Arizona	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Colorado	9	–	9		.500			21	–	13		.618
Cincinnati	7	–	11		.389			15	–	14		.517
Kansas	6	–	12		.333			16	–	14		.533
BYU	4	–	14		.222			13	–	17		.433
UCF	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Texas Tech	4	–	14		.222			19	–	18		.514
Arizona State	3	–	15		.167			10	–	22		.313
Houston	1	–	17		.056			5	–	25		.167
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The 2023-24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team finished the 2023-24 season 26–8, 12–6 in Big 12 play good for 5th place. As the 5th seed in the Big 12 tournament, they would beat 12th seed Texas Tech in the Second Round, but would lose the 4th seed Iowa State in the Quarterfinals. As an At-large bit as the 5th seed in the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, they would beat 12th seed Vanderbilt in the first round, 4th seed Virginia Tech in the second round, but would lose to 1st seed USC in the Regional Semifinals.

Offseason

Departures

Baylor Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Denae Fritz	1	G	5'11"	Sophomore	Maryville, TN	Transferred to Texas Tech
Lety Vasconcelos	25	C	6'7"	Freshman	Miguel Calmon, Bahia, Brazil	Transferred to Illinois
Catarina Ferreira	30	G	6'0"	Senior	São Paulo, Brazil	Transferred to Oregon State
Aijha Blackwell	33	G/F	6'0"	Graduate	Berkeley, MO	Graduated
Dre'una Edwards	44	F	6'0"	Graduate	Las Vegas, NV	Graduated

Incoming

Baylor Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Waiata Jennings	7	G	5'9"	Junior	Rotorua, Zealand	Collin College
Aaronette Vonleh	21	C	6'3"	Senior	West Linn, OR	Colorado

Recruiting

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kayla Nelms F	Miami, Florida	Miami Country Day School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (94)
Ines Goryanova PG	Daytona Beach, Florida	DME Academy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (93)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023.

Roster

2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Ines Goryanova 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr DME Academy Sofia, Bulgaria G 2 Yaya Felder 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Ohio Hartford, CT F 3 Madison Bartley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Belmont Kettering, OH G 4 Jana Van Gytenbeek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GS Stanford Greenwood Village, CO G/F 5 Darianna Littlepage-Buggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Classen HS Edmond, OK G 7 Waiata Jennings 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Collin College Rotorua, New Zealand F 8 Kayla Nelms 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Miami Country Day HS Miami, FL G 11 Jada Walker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Kentucky Richmond, VA F 12 Kyla Abraham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Smithfield HS Carrollton, VA C 21 Aaronette Vonleh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Colorado West Linn, OR G/F 22 Bella Fontleroy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Kickapoo HS Springfield, MO G 24 Sarah Andrews 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GS MacArthur HS Irving, TX	Head coach Nicki Collen (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Tony Greene (Langston) Tari Cummings (Oklahoma State) Sadie Edwards (USC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source:^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2024* 2:00 p.m.	No. 12	Langston	W 100–39	--	Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
Regular season
November 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	Incarnate Word	W 85–33	1–0	Foster Pavilion (3,332) Waco, Texas
November 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	at Oregon	L 74–76	1–1	Matthew Knight Arena (6,372) Eugene, Oregon
November 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	East Texas A&M	W 104–55	2–1	Foster Pavilion (3,510) Waco, Texas
November 17, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 65–42	3–1	Foster Pavilion (3,435) Waco, Texas
November 23, 2024* 12:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 18	vs. Southern Miss Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals	W 101–55	4–1	Imperial Arena (990) Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 24, 2024* 12:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 18	vs. Indiana Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals	L 65–73	4–2	Imperial Arena (179) Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 25, 2024* 1:30 p.m., ESPNU		vs. Villanova Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game	W 73–62	5–2	Imperial Arena (158) Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 29, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		New Orleans	W 84–58	6–2	Foster Pavilion (3,406) Waco, Texas
December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana Tech	W 98–54	7–2	Foster Pavilion (3,621) Waco, Texas
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas Southern	W 101–29	8–2	Foster Pavilion (3,121) Waco, Texas
December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UNLV	W 71–64	9–2	Foster Pavilion (3,972) Waco, Texas
December 18, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		Utah Tech	W 97–34	10–2	Foster Pavilion (6,149) Waco, Texas
December 21, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas	W 86–66	11–2 (1–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (3,935) Lawrence, Kansas
January 1, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oklahoma State	L 61–84	11–3 (1–1)	Foster Pavilion (3,546) Waco, Texas
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Colorado	W 76–62	12–3 (2–1)	Foster Pavilion (3,764) Waco, Texas
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Arizona	W 81–76 OT	13–3 (3–1)	McKale Center (6,398) Tucson, Arizona
January 11, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Arizona State	W 78–59	14–3 (4–1)	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, Arizona
January 14, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 23 Utah	W 70–61	15–3 (5–1)	Foster Pavilion (3,216) Waco, Texas
January 17, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston	W 70–51	16–3 (6–1)	Foster Pavilion (3,321) Waco, Texas
January 20, 2025* 2:00 p.m., FOX	No. 25	vs. No. 1 UCLA Coretta Scott King Classic	L 57–72	16–4	Prudential Center (6,147) Newark, New Jersey
January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 25	at No. 9 TCU	L 75–80	16–5 (6–2)	Schollmaier Arena (5,415) Fort Worth, Texas
January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UCF	W 75–64	17–5 (7–2)	Addition Financial Arena (1,354) Orlando, Florida
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cincinnati	W 98–59	18–5 (8–2)	Foster Pavilion (3,897) Waco, Texas
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Houston	W 92–47	19–5 (9–2)	Fertitta Center (1,187) Houston, Texas
February 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		BYU	W 83–71	20–5 (10–2)	Foster Pavilion (3,960) Waco, Texas
February 11, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 25	No. 18 West Virginia	W 75–65	21–5 (11–2)	Foster Pavilion (3,441) Waco, Texas
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 25	at Texas Tech	W 66–60	22–5 (12–2)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,648) Lubbock, Texas
February 19, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	at Colorado	W 84–62	23–5 (13–2)	CU Events Center (3,182) Boulder, Colorado
February 22, 2025 1:30 p.m., FOX	No. 19	Iowa State	W 67–52	24–5 (14–2)	Foster Pavilion (4,707) Waco, Texas
February 24, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 17	at No. 14 Kansas State	W 79–62	25–5 (15–2)	Bramlage Coliseum (5,200) Manhattan, Kansas
March 2, 2025 5:30 p.m., FS1	No. 17	No. 10 TCU Senior Night	L 48–51	25–6 (15–3)	Foster Pavilion (7,110) Waco, Texas
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 7, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 17	vs. (7) Iowa State Quarterfinals	W 69–63	26–6	T-Mobile Center  Kansas City, Missouri
March 8, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 17	vs. (3) No. 21 Oklahoma State Semifinals	W 84–74	27–6	T-Mobile Center (5,699) Kansas City, Missouri
March 9, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN	(2) No. 17	vs. (1) No. 8 TCU Championship Game	L 59–64	27–7	T-Mobile Center (5,084) Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
March 21, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPNU	(4 S1) No. 14	(13 S1) Grand Canyon First Round	W 73–60	28–7	Foster Pavilion  Waco, TX
March 23, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN	(4 S1) No. 14	(5 S1) No. 25 Ole Miss Second Round	L 63–69	28–8	Foster Pavilion (3,772) Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S1=Spokane 1. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	12	17	18	RV	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	—	RV	25	RV	RV	25	19	17	17	14	14	18
Coaches	12	17	17	22	23	21	21	23	24	RV	24	23	RV	RV	RV	22	18	18	16	15т	18

See also

• 2024–25 Baylor Bears men's basketball team